See also:FITZGERALD, See also:LORD See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (loth See also:earl of See also:Kildare), (1513-1537) , the eldest son of Gerald Fitzgerald, 9th earl of Kildare, was See also:born in See also:London in 1513. He spent much of his youth in See also:England, but in 1534 when his See also:father was for the third See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time summoned to England to See also:answer for his maladministration as lord See also:deputy of See also:Ireland, Thomas, at the See also:council held at See also:Drogheda, in See also:February was made See also:vice-deputy. In See also:June the See also:Ormond See also:faction spread a See also:report in Ireland that the earl had been executed in the See also:Tower, and that his son's See also:life was to be attempted. Inflamed with rage at this apparent treachery, Thomas rode at the See also:head of his retainers' into See also:Dublin, and before the council for Ireland (the 11th of June 1534) formally renounced his See also:allegiance to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king and proclaimed a See also:rebellion. His enemies, including See also:Archbishop See also:John See also:- ALLEN, BOG OF
- ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
- ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
- ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
- ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
- ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)
Allen (of Dublin), who had been set by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. to See also:watch Fitzgerald, took See also:refuge in Dublin See also:Castle. In attempting to See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape to England, Allen was taken by the rebels, and on the 28th of See also:July 1534, was murdered by Fitzgerald's servants in his presence, but whether actually by his orders is uncertain. In any See also:case he sent to the See also:pope for See also:absolution, but was solemnly excommunicated by the Irish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church. Leaving See also:part of his See also:army (with the consent of the citizens) to besiege Dublin Castle, Fitzgerald himself went against Piers See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler, earl of See also:Ossory, and succeeded at first in making a truce with him. But the citizens of Dublin now See also:rose against him, Ossory invaded Kildare, and the approach of an See also:English army forced Fitzgerald to raise the See also:siege. Part of the English army landed on the 17th of See also:October, the See also:rest a See also:week later, but taking See also:advantage of the inactivity of the new lord deputy, See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Skeffington, Fitzgerald from his stronghold at See also:Maynooth ravaged Kildare and See also:Meath throughout the See also:winter. He had now succeeded to the earldom of Kildare, his father having died in the Tower on the 13th of See also:December 1534, but he does not seem to have been known by that See also:title. In See also:March Skeffington stormed the castle, the stronghold of the Geraldines, which was defended, and some said betrayed, by See also:Christopher Parese, Fitzgerald's See also:foster-See also:brother. It See also:fell on the 23rd of March 1535, and most of the See also:garrison were put to the See also:sword. This proved the final See also:blow to the rebellion. The See also:news of what is known as the " See also:pardon of Maynooth " reached Fitzgerald as he was returning from levying fresh troops in Offaley; his men fell away from him, and he retreated to See also:Thomond, intending to See also:sail for See also:Spain. Changing his mind he spent the next few months in raids against the English and their See also:allies, but his party gradually deserting him, on the 18th of See also:August 1535 he surrendered himself to Lord Leonard See also:Grey (d. 154,). It seems likely that he made some conditions, but what they were is very uncertain. He was taken to England and placed in the Tower. In February 1536 his five uncles were also, some of them with See also:great injustice, seized and brought to England. The six Geraldines were hanged at See also:Tyburn on the 3rd of February 1537. Acts of attaindez against them and Gerald the 9th earl were passed by both the
1 Fitzgerald was known by the See also:sobriquet of " Silken Thomas," either from the silken fringes on his See also:helmet, or from his distinguished See also:manners.
Irish and English parliaments; but the See also:family estates were restored by See also:Edward VI. to Gerald, 11th earl of Kildare (step-brother of Thomas), and the See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder was repealed by See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth. Lord Thomas Fitzgerald married Frances, youngest daughter of Sir See also:Adrian See also:Fortescue, but had no See also:children.
End of Article: FITZGERALD, LORD THOMAS (loth earl of Kildare), (1513-1537)
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